Viola Davis Quotes
There's a big difference in doing a play or doing any project that not a lot of people see and then a project that you know everyone will see. There is more pressure, performance anxiety per se. And then when you do and what you love is really put to test.

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You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.
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I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
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Linda Hunt is so good and so sweet. She is a Tony Award nominee and won an Oscar. Pearls just come out of her mouth.
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I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous.
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Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.
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Every artist was first an amateur.
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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
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I have never taken myself that seriously as an actor.
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A novel, I think, is partly about the contemporary and partly about the eternal, and it's the balance of that that's difficult to achieve.
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Winston Cup and the Busch Series are two totally different leagues. You get put in different situations.
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I love yoga and hiking - I think that's the perfect combo.
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My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska.
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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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Divorce isn't one-sided, and I am by no means perfect. Becoming accountable for my role in the relationship was very empowering.
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I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories.
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I understand Tea Partyers' anger with the system, but they are in way over their heads and often racially motivated, and I can't be part of that.
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As a television actor, I was held to a tight, rigid structure.
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Growing up, I never felt like the pretty girl.
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Harry Dresden: Even a broken clock gets it right occasionally.
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I'm never gonna try it, because you got to pay a lot for cocaine, and that's not the way I want to spend my money.
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A lot of people have a lot to gain from peddling scare stories about cyber warfare.
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There's a big difference in doing a play or doing any project that not a lot of people see and then a project that you know everyone will see. There is more pressure, performance anxiety per se. And then when you do and what you love is really put to test.